Aficionado The Pitcher 2017
Oil on Canvas 2016-2017
66 x 48 inches
*The Aficionado (The Pitcher) is an oil on canvas painting. The painting takes as its subject a baseball pitcher in the act of throwing a pitch. The figure is composed of forms that are found in industrial architecture. The painting is an homage to my father who was a factory worker and who pitched in the minor leagues after the second world war, as well as being an aficionado on baseball. The title and the concept is based on a 1912 cubist work called the “Aficionado, (The Torero)”, by Pablo Picasso. Which was a painting of his father who was an expert on the corrida (bullfight).
Offered for sale at $16,800